Axona

Latin

Etymology

Gaulish/Celtic name, from Proto-Celtic *ax-, possibly a variant of *asca (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”), related to Sanskrit अप् (ap).

View of the river

Proper noun

Axona m sg (genitive Axonae); first declension

  1. a river in Gallia, now the Aisne

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Axona
Genitive Axonae
Dative Axonae
Accusative Axonam
Ablative Axonā
Vocative Axona

References
  • “Axona”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Axona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Olmstead, Garrett (1994): The gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans
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